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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ferry that travels from Astoria to 92nd Street?

2. What do the authorities investigate in the city ranks?

3. What does Moses do when Kern tries to force him to comply with city procedures?

4. Which of the following opens in the summer of 1929?

5. Who does Moses test his playground equipment on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moses do with his budget of $4.5 million?

2. What is Progressivism?

3. Why can Roosevelt not discharge Moses?

4. How does Moses manage to reestablish his dream to develop Long Island parks?

5. How is the older Moses contradicting his younger self in Part 4, Chapter 24?

6. What does the Bureau of Municipal Research do?

7. What does Moses like about Britain?

8. How does Moses use his power in Part 4, Chapter 14?

9. Why is Moses' campaign to run for governor unsuccessful?

10. Why is the Seaburg investigation called the Goo Goos?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the influence of the following people on New York City:

1) Franklin Roosevelt

2) Nelson Rockefeller

3) Alfred. E. Smith

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Caro use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Moses' relationship with the following people:

1) Franklin Roosevelt

2) Nelson Rockefeller

3) Alfred Smith

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